Beechenhurst Forest Play Festival
Gloucester Taxi was pleased to meet The Flying Buttresses (Hodman Dodmanott and Sally Forth) today (09/08/08), providing them with a Taxi from Gloucester Railway Station to the Beechenhurst Forest Play Festival near Coleford in the forest of dean. The journey was a little strange to say the least, as Hodman Dodmanott insisted in traveling in the boot of our Taxi!
The hugely popular Hodman Dodmanott and Sally Forth, an enchanting, interactive puppetry walkabout featuring an elderly couple of miniature proportions, with huge personalities and a not-so-firm grip on the ways of modern living. Having lived by themselves for hundreds of years, blissfully unaware of the changing world around them, this pint-sized pair have ventured out in search of fame, fortune and friendship, touring the world with their possessions strapped to their backs. Although billed as a walkabout, the performance is often a series of small, static shows when crowds who are drawn to the uncanny illusion seem to find it impossible to leave as they are regaled with long-winded stories that never seem to go anywhere; but then what would you expect from a pair of ramblers… These characters are ‘pod’ puppets, where the puppeteers are completely concealed within the costumes. A truly unique and magical performance.